Securing device for suspenders



Nov. 17, 1931. A. LENIEF 1,832,566

SECURING DEVICE FOR SUSPENDERS Filed Jan'. 4. 1930 Fig.1.

fi lewzz Patented Nov. 17, 1931 UNITED STATES :PATENT- ()FFICE' ANDRELENIEF, or rams, FRANCE SECURING DEVICE non susrnnnnns Application filedJanuary 4, 1930, Serial No. 418,584, and. in France January 8', 1928.

This invention relates to a securing device for suspenders and the like,and its object is to provide a securing device more especially adaptedto be used for suspenders but which can be used as a fastening forbelts, straps,

bag mountings, etc.

Said device is essentially characterized by the feature that itcomprises a mounting provided with a movable part adapted, on beingrotated, to cause the bringing together of two or more swinging aws thatgrip the neck of a stud and hold the fabric of the article to be securedin a housing provided for the purpose and which may or may not cover thestud, or to cause the said jaws to be forced apart when release of thestud and removal of the fabric are desired.

In order to make my invention more clearly understood I haveillustrated, as an example, an embodiment thereof in and by drawingsappended hereto and wherein:

Figure l is a horizontal section on line A-B of Figure 2, with the stud6 gripped between the jaws;

Figure 2 is a vertical section on line CD of Figure 1, the movable partbeing shown in closed position; 7

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1, but with the jaws drawn apartand the stud released.

lily device comprises a substantially flat front plate 1 which, at itsforward portion 2,

sides of a hand-bag to form a closure therefor.

lVhen the invention is applied to a garter or suspender, the front plate1 and the stud supporting member 7 are hingedly secured to the suspenderor garter 8. A rotatable cover is attached to the front plate 1. Thecover 10 is apertured, as shown in Fig. 2, to receive the head of thestud 6.] The underside of the rotatable cover 10 is fitted with forwardportion 2 of the base member 1 so as to grip or release the neck of thestud 6.

The operation of the above described device is as follows:

Supposing it to be in the position illustrated by Figure 3, then, in thecase of a suspender, 4 I pass the edge of the stocking or of the sockover the head of the stud 6 which I next introduce,-so furnished, intothe hole 5 of base member--l,-whereupon I rotatecover 10 the requireddistance in the direction indicatedby the arrow'rf; the rollers 12 rideon the side edges 13 of the jaws 4 andcause the latter to swing roundtheir pivots 3; as cover .10 is rotated,-the jaws come together and grip.15

the neck of stud 6. The device is then in the position shown by Figure1; v

In order to release stud 6 I proceed inversely, the jaws 4 being swungback by the action exerted by the rollers when the cover 10 is turned inthe direction opposite to the closing motion. is provided with a hole 5.A stud 6 is adapt- It should be noted that, in the position iilustratedby Figure 1, the rollers 12 are resting on fiat edge portions 12provided adjacent the ends of jaws 4. Owing to this arrangement it willbe realized that said rollers can only roll back to part the jaws andthereby release the stud 6 under the aforesaid actionexerted on therollers when cover 10 is QO turned in the direction opposite the closingmotion and to an extent sufficient to force the rollers past the flatedge portions 12'.

It should be noted, furthermore, that the jaws 1 are each provided witha notch 41 6 These notches are so arranged that when the' V Obviouslythe above disclosed device may be used as a clasp for handbags and otherlike purposes, the stud and the female part (i. e., the jaws) intendedto receive and to lock it being respectively secured to the two parts ofthe bag to be fastened.

Having now particularly ascertained and described the nature of my saidinvention as well as the manner in which the same is to be performed, Ideclare that what I claim is:

1. A separable fastener, comprising a stud supporting member; a headedstud carried thereby; a front plate member provided with a forwardportion having a central opening through which the stud projects; a pairof reversely-arranged latching members pivotally mounted at one of theirends on the plate member on opposite sides of the stud, each latchingmember having acam-shaped edge portion; a cover rotatably connected withthe front plate; and a pair of oppositelylocated depending rollerscarried within the cover for coaction with the cam-shaped edges of thelatching members to move said latching members toward or from each otheraccording to the direction of rotation. of said cover and thereby gripor release the stud.

2. A separable fastener, according to claim 1, in which each latchingmember is provided adjacent its pivoted end with a curved notch to coactwith the respective roller in completely opening the correspondinglatching member.

3. A separable fastener, comprising a stud supporting member, a headedstud carried thereby; a front plate member provided with a forwardportion having a central opening through which the stud projects: a pairof reversely-arranged latching members pivotally mounted at one of theirends on the front plate on opposite sides of said stud, each latchingmember having a flat-edged portion and a cam-shaped edge portionterminating at the flat edge portion; a cover rotatably connected withthe front plate member; and a pair of oppositely-located dependingrollers carried by the cover for coaction with the flat edge portionsand cam-shaped edge portions of the latching members to move saidlatching members toward or from each other according to the direction ofrotation of said cover and thereby grip or release the stud.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

ANDRE LENIEF.

